The Colour Range In Atelier Interactive

Choosing a Basic Mixing Palette

Colour charts can be confusing not only for beginners, but also for experienced painters who don’t know the Interactive brand. We have attempted to show how one might go about choosing a useful palette. A basic palette usually contains the least expensive reds, yellows and blues, supplemented by some earth colours. For general use it is important that the primary colours have good covering power (transparent glazing colours are a different category).

Minimum Colour Mixing Set

A minimum set contains warm and cool primaries as follows:

Arylamide Yellow Light Series 3	Arylamide Yellow Deep Series 3	Napthol Red Light Series 3
Crimson Series 1	Pthalo Blue Series 1	French Ultramarine Blue Series 2
Carbon Black Series 1	Mars Black Series 1	Titanium White Series 1

Either black could be chosen. Mars Black is opaque and neutral while Carbon Black is warmer, covers well and becomes transparent when diluted.

• Opaque
• Semi-Transparent
• Transparent
• Very Strong Coverage

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Alternate Reds and Yellows

It is worthwhile to look at the cadmium yellows and reds that most closely resemble the yellows and reds in the Minimum Colour Mixing Set. Cadmiums are opaque and they have their own distinctiveness and clarity, which is why professional painters are willing to pay a premium price. Showing them here, next to their nearest match, can be useful for painters who want to use them for overpainting, and the more economical colours for underpainting.

Cadmium Yellow Light Series 4	Cadmium Yellow Deep Series 4	Orange Series 2
Cadmium Red Light ( Scarlet ) Series 4	Cadmium Red Medium Series 4

• Opaque
• Semi-Transparent
• Transparent
• Very Strong Coverage

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Earth Colours

Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna and Burnt Umber are the usual minimum choice of earth colours.
Variants: other warm reds could be preferred such as Orange or Napthol Red Light.

Burnt Umber Series 1

Yellow Ochre Series 1

Burnt Sienna Series 1

• Opaque
• Semi-Transparent
• Transparent
• Very Strong Coverage

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Secondary Colours

For secondary colours, choose from the following:

Note: Purple is strong, dark and transparent. Unmixed it looks nearly black, so it can be used with white or diluted to show its purpleness, or used to shade blues such as Pthalo Red Shade or French Ultramarine Blue.

Purple Series 1

• Opaque
• Semi-Transparent
• Transparent
• Very Strong Coverage

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